Lwinga Surname
Approximately 10,442 people bear this surname
Lwinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8,375 | 1:6,321 | 815 |
| Malawi | 1,961 | 1:8,730 | 1,333 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Lwinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwinga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lwinga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwinga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 49,287th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 697,907 people. Lwinga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwinga live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Lwinga is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 8,375 people, or 1 in 6,321. In Tanzania Lwinga is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 46 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 31 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 19 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwingaâ | 92 | 4 | / |
| Lwainga | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lwina | 91 | 23 | / |
| Lwenga | 83 | 1,307 | / |
| Lwingo | 83 | 43 | / |
| Luinga | 83 | 42 | / |
| Lwingi | 83 | 10 | / |
| Lwinge | 83 | 5 | / |
| Lwaina | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lwinah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luingas | 77 | 69 | / |
| Luhinga | 77 | 28 | / |
| Lwennga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwinger | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwena | 73 | 4,951 | / |
| Luina | 73 | 226 | / |
| Lbina | 73 | 141 | / |
| Lvina | 73 | 32 | / |
| Lwino | 73 | 25 | / |
| Lwngi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lőwinger | 71 | 39 | / |
| Løwinger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lwenge | 67 | 1,713 | / |
| Luinge | 67 | 470 | / |
| Luenga | 67 | 376 | / |
| Luaina | 67 | 292 | / |
| Lwengo | 67 | 134 | / |
| Luinay | 67 | 117 | / |
| Luingi | 67 | 116 | / |
| Luingo | 67 | 115 | / |
| Lwinoo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lyuina | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lviena | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hlbina | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lweena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luinaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luinai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuina | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lwinga
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